Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Art, Military, Geology, First editions, Fine bindings, A164, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | William Sylvester Walker | From the Land of the Wombat by William Sylvester Walker |
London | 1899 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 52 | MOUNTFORD, C.P. | Hommes bruns et sable rouge |
Paris | 1953 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 53 | The People's Man Charles Jardine Don Australian Labour's First Parliamentarian |
Melbourne | 1995 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 54 | Henry Handel Richardson | The Letters (in 3 volumes) |
AUD 120.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 55 | The Cyclopedia of South Australia: An Historical and Commercial Review |
Hampstead Gardens | 1978 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | Five books from the series titled "Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers" |
Shannon | 1969 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | AUD 635.00 | |
| 57 | Melbourne: Marvellous to Modern |
Fishermans Bend | 2009 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 177.80 | |
| 58 | Matthew Baillie | Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body |
1981 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 59 | The Humours of Cynicus by Martin Anderson (writing as Cynicus) |
London | 1891 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | Eight books including Debrett's and Who's Who |
1973 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 61 | GORDON, James | History of Scots Affairs from MDCXXXVII TO MDCXLI |
Aberdeen | 1841 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 62 | A bound volume of the Port Phillip Gazette comprising numbers 2 to 53 |
between 9 January and 18 December of 1850 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 349.25 | ||
| 63 | MITCHELL, Elyne | Silver Brumby's Daughter |
London | 1960 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 64 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Silmarillion |
London | 1977 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 |
| 65 | Australian Coin Review |
July 1964 to June of 1980 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 66 | Surrey Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County |
Guildford | 1932-1937 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 67 | PIKE, Douglas and RITCHIE, John (series editors) | The Australian Dictionary of Biography |
Melbourne | 1966 to 1991 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | A collection of 14 books from the Classics of Medicine Library, an imprint of Gryphon Editions in Birmingham |
the eighties | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 69 | LETTS, Malcolm (editor) | Mandeville's Travels |
London | 1953 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | Four African travel accounts (in five volumes) |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 71 | Four early maritime accounts |
London | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 72 | Edited by M. Aurousseau | The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt |
1968 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | |
| 73 | Three early Spanish travel accounts |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | ||
| 74 | Four important Pacific voyage accounts |
London | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 215.90 | ||
| 75 | COOK, Captain James. BEAGLEHOLE, J.C. (editor) | The Journals of Captain James Cook |
AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
